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Today was a special day to bring about spreading awareness on gender inequality around the world. Day of the Girl is a 100% youth-led movement committed to promoting the International Day of the Girl Child as a platform for change in the US, according to the Day of the Girl Facebook page. Two years ago United Nations declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl to mobilize activist groups to come together and spread awareness. 

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A school girl watches a football game being played outside her classroom during break at the school run by the by the Hawa Abdi Centre in Afgooye, #Somalia. Sunday is the International ‪#‎DayOfTheGirl‬! Around the world, millions of girls are held back from reaching their potential due to discrimination and abuse. As a particularly vulnerable demographic, adolescent girls face social, economic and political barriers. Their empowerment can be hindered by factors such as unwanted pregnancy, forced early marriage, gender-based violence and limited access to higher education and reproductive health services. A sustainable future can be unlocked through empowerment and education for girls. The new #GlobalGoals, adopted by world leaders at the #UnitedNations last month, aim to achieve gender equality by 2030. Photo: #UN Photo/Tobin Jones

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The girl is 16. She is dancing on a rooftop near the ocean in Liberia with friends, including Katie Meyler (@katiemeyler), a 33-year-old activist and photographer from New Jersey who changed the girl’s life. “I met her in the slums. She was 11, and she asked me to help her go to school. So I did,” Katie says, making the role that she and her organization More Than Me (@morethanmeorg) have played in helping one of the poorest countries in the world sound dead simple. One year after Katie opened the More Than Me Academy, a school for girls where students see the phrase “I promise to make my dreams come true” every time they walk up the stairs, Ebola broke out in Liberia. Katie didn't flee. She fought the disease. “It was the worst hell you could imagine, and it was also ecstasy,” she says. “You had a common goal and it was urgent.” Now, Katie’s aim is to overhaul Liberia’s entire educational system, using the academy as a model. “If Liberia remains vulnerable, our girls are vulnerable to health crises and war and extremist groups that are not far away,” she says, adamant that part of supporting girls is making sure boys have access to quality education, too. “We’re pro-women and children. We’re pro-men too. We’re pro-people. Everyone can make Liberia stronger.” October 11 is International Day of the Girl Child. Explore #dayofthegirl to see more people supporting girls’ rights around the world. Photo by @katiemeyler

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For more information about the Day of the Girl, how you can help and where to find events near you visit the website: http://www.dayofthegirl.org/.
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